Defense fund established by supporters of suspected CEO killer Luigi Mangione tops $200K
Source: ABC News
December 24, 2024, 11:30 AM
As Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Monday to state murder and terrorism charges in the brazen killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, supporters of the suspect continued to donate tens of thousands of dollars for a defense fund established for him, leaving law enforcement officials worried Mangione is being turned into a martyr.
Several online defense funds have been created for Mangione by anonymous people, including one on the crowdfunding website GiveSendGo that as of Tuesday morning had raised over $200,000.
The GiveSendGo defense fund for the 26-year-old Mangione was established by an anonymous group calling itself "The December 4th Legal Committee," apparently in reference to the day Mangione allegedly ambushed and gunned down Thompson in Midtown Manhattan as the executive walked to his company's shareholders conference at the New York Hilton hotel. "We are not here to celebrate violence, but we do believe in the constitutional right to fair legal representation," the anonymous group said in a statement.
The crowdfunding campaign prompted donations from thousands of anonymous donors across the country, many of them leaving messages of support for Mangione, including one person who called themselves "A frustrated citizen" and thanked Mangione for "sparking the awareness and thought across this sleeping nation."
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RandomNumbers
(18,244 posts)I bet there's a few rather more deserving - and needful - crowdfunding campaigns that people could support.
Self Esteem
(1,775 posts)...and not to help a lunatic murderer.
The brain rot of this country is obscene.
uncledad
(64 posts)When you raise money for a man who shot another man in the back of the head in cold blood you are celebrating violence.
moniss
(6,145 posts)personnel/contractors, citizens in foreign countries accused of murders etc.? Because people in this country and around the world have raised money for not only the legal defense of people in those groups I mentioned but also raised money to support them knowing their purpose was to do the crimes.
Iran-Contra, Blackwater and others in Iraq, El Salvador death squads, Chilean death squads, funds raised to support the illegal squatters in the West Bank committing crimes, funds raised to defend and support people who torture others? Money raised to support wars and killings by Colonizers of indigenous people?
I'm not disagreeing with your conclusion I am applying it. This country has celebrated violence against people for a very long time. We have a whole movie archive that is filled with "Westerns", that glorified and justified our slaughter of indigenous people, and "War Movies". But is it that the violence of Luigi wasn't "sanctioned" by the government and that administrative blessing is what makes it "OK"?
Or is it OK for some killing as long as we all "like" the reason? These are questions that society doesn't like to deal with. So we don't. The lack of doing so allows us to apply our condemnation as selectively as we choose. This is part of how we have been and still are.
chouchou
(1,420 posts)I've always tried to answer the realities of human behavior, as in: People who purposely destroy our environment in order to become wealthy..
...or manufacture items that are profitable but harmful AND shorten the life of the population, fully knowing whats-going-down.
My question is: What's worse? a corporation shortens the life of 10,000 people versus one person who kills one person.
I understand it's a vacuous question but the answer for myself is: I'll be damned if I know. but..I do know that the former people of the corporation
never seem to answer for their crimes.
intelpug
(109 posts)No matter how heinous one may find these things to be,, Military and government actions are officially sanctioned incidents, That's just the reality of it. And Hollywood? This was a deliberate act of murder, Not some black ops mission nor a Hollywood production. No equivalence at all
Captain Zero
(7,576 posts)People above the law as ruled by a CORRUPT SUPREME COURT MAJORITY.
Silent Type
(7,323 posts)if he's going to claim back pain caused him to shoot someone in the back when he wasn't insured by UHC, appeared to have recieved treatment, and his beef seems to be with doctors who couldn't reverse nerve pain from an injury.
Maybe he'll get some sympathy from jurors, but not as much if he had a personal story to tell of denial of treatment.
Callie1979
(264 posts)They waited in the cold for hours for the public seats. One called it a "grave injustice". Others gave him a "thumbs up" as he left. Most wore masks too
There are women professing their love for him all over social media
If e was fat & "ugly" a lot of his support wouldnt be there
What a ridiculous world
Lulu KC
(4,990 posts)and I don't think he, personally, needs any help. Lots of other uninsured people do, though.
TBF
(34,742 posts)as someone who has chronic illness (rheumatoid arthritis), and ups & downs with UHC - the company in question. But I will not support someone financially who comes from a family of his wealth. His parents have plenty of money to help him with his legal and/or psych issues.
I did give to a go-fund-me this week, though. There is a guy back home, friend from high school, who has a kid with medical bills right now. It is a family crisis for them, and they don't have the funds for what they are dealing with out of the blue. I don't even know if they have health insurance, but I think they probably do from employment, because they were only asking for $2500. That is more likely time off work to deal with healing, co-pays, back & forth for doctor's visits, etc. I gave what I could afford because I know they are hurting.
reACTIONary
(6,153 posts)... He just picked UHC as an opportunistic target.
TBF
(34,742 posts)There is quite a bit about his own health issues, and while he may not have specifically targeted an insurer he had a beef with, he clearly saw how the industry functions.
But all that aside, I do know that when I'm considering contributing to a go-fund-me, it is not going to be one posted by such a wealthy family. Or, rather, on behalf a wealthy family. Who knows who even posted it ...
cyclezealot1
(9 posts)Don't they have the highest rate of deny and delay?
IbogaProject
(3,771 posts)It may have small monthly payments on a sliding scale. That is from the Clinton Administration it is the only thing to come from His and Hillary's health insurance push in the 1990s.
moniss
(6,145 posts)to give a $1 donation, if that amount is possible, using a pre-paid gift card and do so under the name of a GQP member of Congress.
Nululu
(951 posts)That another is killed believing their family can raise money. It's not logical but may happen.
MichMan
(13,550 posts)Would not be at all surprised when there are others being inspired by him to do the same thing
Nululu
(951 posts)SallyHemmings
(1,893 posts)I'm in no way celebrating what he did.
However, one common ground in the good ole USA, most people hate dealing with their insurance carrier.
It is the one service we pay for and have to fight to get.
Will a CEO's fear of getting shot in cold blood, change their greed driven business practices? Who knows.
Skittles
(160,282 posts)fucking disgusting
Sneederbunk
(15,389 posts)JohnSJ
(96,808 posts)in January 6 as far as I am concerned.
Captain Zero
(7,576 posts)All his lawyers got funded by peons too.
AKwannabe
(6,425 posts)The copycats will be rampant